Impact on Student Learning

Below you will find evidence of my impact on student learning. You will be able to see that throughout my four years, I have helped my students achieve growth in many areas of learning.

This section is dedicated to all the learning & growth that my students have achieved from my four years at PS 45Q!

You will see multiple sources of evidence showing my students growth so far this year in Kindergarten. As well as the growth of scholars I taught from 2018-2021. Each year my scholars have shown growth in reading, math and common core NYS standards.

Kindergarten RBM 2020-2021

Kindergarten RBM 2021-Present

Grade K: Reading Benchmark Assessment

I track my students reading levels from September-June. To the left, you will see some data collection from a select group of students. I am able to assess my students individually at least three times a year to see there growth.
At PS 45, we use the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS).
After gathering data I was able to form guided reading groups. Students were grouped according to not only their reading levels but also their scores on Aciadence. Once students were broken into their appropriate groups, we worked together to create lessons and activities that were geared towards their reading readiness levels.

InstructionalLevelExpectationsForReading.pdf

I have attached the Fountas & Pinnell Instructional Level Expectations for Reading. As you can see, scholars in grade K are meeting expectations by the end of the year if they are reading at a D/E . Throughout my data collection, you notice that my scholars made major strides at all different points of the school year.
When I look at my data as a whole, I am able to notice that not all of my students are meeting grade K expectations. In fact, even though many of my students are showing growth, they are still below average and at level B/C.
In the beginning of the year, we took time as a Kindergarten team to meet with the reading specialist. We took a closer look at ALL students reading levels, acadience scores as well as other assessments to break them into their small groups. Our small groups meet every morning and we have seen significant growth in the scholars.

In the 2020-2021 school year, my scholars Independent Reading Levels showed great progress by June.

- 6 out of 10 students were exceeding grade level expectations
- 2 out of 23 students were meeting grade level exceptions.
- 2 out of 10 students were approaching expectation.

During the 2021-Present school year, you can see that many of my scholars are meeting grade level expectations or approaching by the middle of the year.

In order to get most students meeting grade level expectations by the end of the year, we are very strategic with our lessons and grouping for small group instruction . The Kindergarten classes integrate and work with teachers, reading specialist and independently depending on what group they are assigned to.
Scholars are broken into four different groups
Our reading specialist rotates the groups throughout the week, and focuses on skills with them according their reading readiness levels and skills.
Red Group- Below Reading Level: Work on skills such as letter and word recognition and blending
Yellow Group-Approaching/Meeting Reading Level: Work with teacher with DI program which focuses on CVC words, sight words and guided reading skills
Green Group: Meeting Grade Level: Scholars will work in small guided reading groups with a teacher or may work independently on i-Ready or another planned activity.
Blue Group: Exceeding Grade Level: Scholars will work in small guided reading groups with a teacher or may work independently on i-Ready or another planned activity.

Kindergarten Assessment Continued

September 2021-Present

Letter Identification /Concepts of Print

Throughout the course of school year, we assess every scholar no less than three times on Letter/Sound Identification, Sight words and Concept of Print.
Assessing each student individually allows me to see their growth and progress which helps me place them into correct groups as well as planning accordingly for each student.
Below see the three different assessments I use with my students.

Student Growth

Below please see the growth of three of my students from this present school year. You will see that the scholars have all made significant strides in all three assessments from the start of the school year to now.

i-Ready

i-Ready is another assessment tool we use at our school. Students take three assessments throughout the year in reading and math.
After students are done completing the assessment, I am able to use the data to help assign tasks to individual students as well as use the data to differentiate instruction in the classroom in many ways.
Below you will be able to see my scholars growth from the BOY and MOY. (Please note EOY assessments were not completed yet.)

BOY i-Ready Reading Assessment Data

MOY i-Ready Assessment Data

Reflection

When I look back and reflect on the data seen above. I am able to see how much success my students have had and I am truly so proud of them.
The three students that I chose to focus on really have shown such growth from the beginning of the year up to now. From recognizing very few letters/sounds to knowing the complete alphabet in just a few short months.
I believe that through all the small group and differentiated instruction throughout the school day has really helped these students make the progress they have made and will continue to make.
For the remaining of the school year, I believe we will continue to see growth in the scholars as we continue our small group instruction and assessments.

Pre-K Assessments

2019-2020

Teaching Strategies Gold

Teaching Strategies Gold was the online assessment tool I used to keep track of data for my Pre-K scholars. This was a great resource that was easy to navigate and use to collect student data and keep track of individual growth.
With teaching strategies gold I completed four checkpoints throughout the school year for every scholar.
Checkpoints consisted of assessing student in all pre-k standards such as social emotional, physical, cognitive, literacy, math, social studies, science/technology as well as the arts.
After completing each checkpoint, I was able to see where each scholar was in need of improvement. I took this data and was able to integrate it into my daily lessons to help my scholars with their individual needs.

Kindergarten Readiness

Along with teaching strategies gold, I also used other forms of assessment to observe and collect data for my scholars. I used these assessments to get a better understanding of their strengths and needs for the skills they need for Kindergarten.
To the left, you will see an example of the reading and math assessment I used throughout the school year for my Pre-K students.

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